After Emerson
Hardcover – Download: Adobe Reader, May 22, 2017
Indiana University Press · Hardcover · May 22, 2017
John T. Lysaker works between and weaves together questions and replies in philosophical psychology, Emerson studies, and ethics in this book of deep existential questioning.
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- Genres
- Transcendentalism, Ethics, Philosophers & Their Ideas
- Published
- Indiana University Press, May 22, 2017
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John T. Lysaker works between and weaves together questions and replies in philosophical psychology, Emerson studies, and ethics in this book of deep existential questioning. Each essay in this atypical, philosophical book employs recurring terms, phrases, and questions that characterize our contemporary age.
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Setting out from the idea of where we are in an almost literal sense, Lysaker takes readers on an intellectual journey into thematic concerns and commitments of broad interest, such as the nature of self and self-experience, ethical life, poetry and philosophy, and history and race. In the manner of Emerson, Cavell, and Rorty, Lysaker's vibrant writing is certain to have a transformative effect on American philosophy today.
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| Transcendentalism | 49% |
|---|---|
| Ethics | 37% |
| Philosophers & Their Ideas | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Pragmatism
- Authors
- John T. Lysaker
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Published
- May 22, 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
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- Pragmatism